Load configure task arguments before early configure operations - close #157

build_tests/configure/configure_with_top_level_env.rb

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ configure do
   check_c_compiler
 end
 env do |env|
+  puts "Prefix is #{Task["configure"]["prefix"]}"
 end

doc/user_guide.md

@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ end
 See ${#Configuring the Project} for more details on how to make use of the
 configuration functionality that Rscons provides.
 
+Configure blocks must be defined in the Rsconscript file before any
+environments are created.
+
 ####> Default Task
 
 The `default` task is special in that Rscons will execute it if no other task

lib/rscons/application.rb

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module Rscons
     #   Process exit code (0 on success).
     def run(rsconscript, tasks_and_params, show_tasks, all_tasks, enabled_variants)
       Cache.instance["failed_commands"] = []
+      @tasks_and_params = tasks_and_params
       @enabled_variants = enabled_variants
       if enabled_variants == "" && !tasks_and_params.include?("configure")
         if cache_enabled_variants = Cache.instance["configuration_data"]["enabled_variants"]
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ module Rscons
         show_script_tasks(all_tasks)
         return 0
       end
-      apply_task_params(tasks_and_params)
+      apply_task_params(false)
       @task_execution_phase = true
       if tasks_and_params.empty?
         check_process_environments
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ module Rscons
     #
     # @return [void]
     def check_configure
+      apply_task_params(true)
       enable_variants
       unless Cache.instance["configuration_data"]["configured"]
         if @script.autoconf
@@ -378,13 +380,15 @@ module Rscons
       end
     end
 
-    def apply_task_params(tasks_and_params)
-      tasks_and_params.each do |task_name, task_params|
-        task_params.each do |param_name, param_value|
-          if param = Task[task_name].params[param_name]
-            Task[task_name].set_param_value(param_name, param_value)
-          else
-            raise RsconsError.new("Unknown parameter #{param_name.inspect} for task #{task_name}")
+    def apply_task_params(only_configure)
+      @tasks_and_params.each do |task_name, task_params|
+        unless only_configure && task_name != "configure"
+          task_params.each do |param_name, param_value|
+            if param = Task[task_name].params[param_name]
+              Task[task_name].set_param_value(param_name, param_value)
+            else
+              raise RsconsError.new("Unknown parameter #{param_name.inspect} for task #{task_name}")
+            end
           end
         end
       end

spec/build_tests_spec.rb

@@ -1845,6 +1845,15 @@ EOF
       expect(result.stdout).to_not match %r{Configuring project.*Configuring project}m
     end
 
+    it "loads configure parameters before invoking configure" do
+      test_dir "configure"
+
+      result = run_rscons(args: %w[-f configure_with_top_level_env.rb configure --prefix=/yodabob])
+      expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
+      expect(result.status).to eq 0
+      expect(result.stdout).to match "Prefix is /yodabob"
+    end
+
     it "automatically runs the configure task if the project is not yet configured in the given build directory" do
       test_dir "configure"